shoe
- noun
- /ʃu/
- Make sure to wear comfortable shoes when you go walking on the trail.
- wear shoes
- tie shoes
- a pair of shoes
Please get please get that goddamn shoe off the table, haters.
- Please get please get that goddamn shoe off the table, haters.
- These motherfuckers had the same shoes, they wore the same clothes.
- They had one pink shoe, a woman's shoe.
- If you wear dark or black shoes, you'll wear black socks.
Examples
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Finally, he went downstairs, put his shoes on, and left the house in his pajamas.
Fiction book (1990) -
His shoes were impeccably polished.
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And as I showed you guys, these shoes look so cute.
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You did not want to leave your shoes, let them go.
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But we can still get a set of shoes even then.
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You wash the shoes and they come out perfect.
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Oh my God, these shoes have springs in their heels.
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If you can get a child's size shoe then you really should.
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Next, a pair of beautiful, shiny black shoes flew down the corridor.
Academic text (2011) -
The children began the test by removing their shoes and sitting down next to the apparatus.
Academic text (2012)
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A situation that has changed so the other person has the advantage
Imagine being in the other person's place to understand them better
Compounds
A shoe made for dancing that helps you move smoothly and gives support to your foot
A shoe with a smooth sole worn for bowling to protect the lane and help you slide
- Specialized
A curved metal block inside a wheel that presses a drum to slow its spin
A light, comfortable shoe made of soft plastic with holes that let air reach your feet
How Sturdy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shoe comes from an old German word for a 'foot covering' and is the same root as German Schuh and Dutch schoen, so it still means the thing you wear to protect your foot.